O-87-2289 - 6/11/1987ORDINANCE NO. 2289
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3, SECTION 8, CODE OF
ORDINANCE, CITY OF ROUND ROCK; ADOPTING THE NATIONAL
ELECTRIC CODE, 1984 EDITION, REGULATING ELECTRICAL WORK
AND PERFORMING SAME, ESTABLISHING LICENSING, PERMIT,
INSPECTION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES AND MINIMUM STANDARDS
AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR CURRENT LICENSES, PERMITS AND
BONDS, THEREFORE: PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY C0UNC{1 OF THE CITY OF
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS. THAT:
That Chapter 3 Section 8, Code of Ordinance, City of
Round Rock, Texas is hereby arnended to read as follows:
Section 8: ELECTRICAL CODE
A. GENERAL
The title of this section shall be the "Round Rock
Electrical Code," and may be cited as such and it
will be referred to in this section as "this
code."
(2) NATIONAL CODE:
(3)
The National Electric Code, 1984 Edition, is
hereby adopted as part of this Code to the same
effect as if it were copied verbatim herein and
shall be in effect except as it may be in conflict
with the provisions of this section. It may be
referred to herein as NEC,
The Code shall govern all installations of
electrical conductors or equipment hereafter made,
and all existing installations which are altered,
or for which the use has changed. Repair and
maintenance work shall be such that if any
"electrical conductor or equipment" is removed
and later replaced, same shall be replaced in
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accordance with the provisions of this code.
(4) LOW ENERGY CIRCUITS:
Permit requirements of this code shall not apply
to low voltage electrical conductors or
requirement of Art. 720 and Art. 725 of the
National Electric Code. Except in all commercial
buildings and elsewhere in this ordinance.
(5) RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFE WORK:
This code shall not be construed to relieve from
or lessen the responsibility or liability of any
person owning, operating, or installing electrical
conductor devices, appliances, fixtures,
apparatus, motors or equipment, for damages to
persons or buildings caused by any defect therein
nor shall the city be held liable for any damages
by reason of enforcement or nonenforcement of this
code.
(6) PURPOSE:
To reduce the personal and fire hazards from
electrical causes, and to establish licensing and
permit and inspection procedures to assure quality
electrical work. To accomplish this, the
requirements set forth are intended to be minimum
standards for electrical work.
(7) UNLAWFUL ACTS PROHIBITED:
It shall be unlawful for any person, as owner,
agent, lessee, renter or otherwise to violate,
disobey, or refuse to comply with, or resist, or
oppose the execution of this code, and it shall be
unlawful for any person to occupy or maintain any
building or structure in which the electrical
work, wiring or appliances are in violation of
this code. Any person who commits any acts
declared to be unlawful, or fail to perform and
act required by this code, shall be subject to the
provisions of this code. Any electrical
installations erected or altered in violation of
this code shall be summarily condemmed and removed
at the expense of the person erecting or altering
or allowing the same.
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(1) BOARD:
The Electrical Examining & Advisory Board of the
City of Round Rock as appointed by the City
Council. (See Section C(4))
(2) CITY:
City shall mean the territory within the corporate
limits of the City of Round Rock.
(3) CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR:
The employee of the City appointed by the City
Manager. (See Section C(2))
(4) LICENSED ELECTRICIAN:
A licensed electrician under provisions of this
code; that he has paid the necessary license fee
to date and that his name is carried in the
records of the Chief Electrical Inspector as a
person authorized to do electrical work as defined
by this code.
(5) APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN:
A person who is learning the trade of an
electrician and who works under the direct
supervision of a master or journeyman electrician
and who is licensed as an apprentice as provided
in this code.
(6) MAINTENANCE:
Maintenance shall rnean the act of keeping in a
state of safe operating condition any conductor or
piece of equipment used inside or outside,
attached or connected to any building electrical
system by replacement of units or elements
thereof, but shall not include additions to, or
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(12) ACTIVE MASTER ELECTRICIAN:
A licensed Master Electrician under the
provisions of thin code: That he has paid the
necessary license fee to date and that his name is
carried in the records of the Chief Electrical
Inspector as a person authorized to do electrical
work as defined by this code. This Master
Electrician shall not be employed by another
Electrical Contractor at the time the electrical
work is being performed (a Master Electrican
cannot meet the requirements for two or more
electrical contractor's licenses at the same time
in the same city). Every Master Electrician and
Master Sign Electrician licensed under this code
shall have and maintain a definite place of
business, and be bonded in the amount of
$5,000.00. All Master Electricians shall have
their master number on all company trucks. These
numbers being no smaller than one inch (1") tall
and two and one-half inches (2 1/2") long, and
located on the lower right hand side of the
windshield.
(13) BUILDING
Any structure that encloses a space used for
sheltering any occupancy. Each portion of a
building separated from other portions by a fire
wall shall be considered a separate building.
C: ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
(1) RESTRICTION ON EMPLOYEES:
No employee of the Building Inspection Department,
shall be financially interested in the; furnishing
of labor, material, or equipment for the
installation, alteration or maintenance of
electrical wiring, fixtures, or equipment or in
the making of plans or specifications therefore,
unless he is the owner of the property on which
the installation exists or is planned to take
place.
(2) CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR:
There is hereby created the office of Chief
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replacement of an existing system or branch.
(7) ELECTRICAL WORK:
Any act in connection with the installing,
altaring, or repairing of electrical wires,
conduits apparatus, or other electrical
installation, designed or capable of carrying
electrical energy, which act ordinarily requires
the use of tools.
(8) ELECTRICAL EXPERIENCE:
Active and practical experience during which no
less than two-thirds of one's time, exclusive of
normal periods of rest and recreation, has been
spent doing electrical work in or on residential
or commercial type buildings or premises. A
bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from a
college or university which requires at least four
years of study in residence as a prerequisite to
such degree, shall be considered the equivalent of
three years of experience, and the satisfactory
completion of one hundred and twenty semester
hours of work required for such degree shall be
considered the equivalent of one year experience.
(9) ROUGH -IN WORK:
Initial rough work of installing, altering,
repairing or maintaining of electrical wires,
conduits, apparatus or other electrical
installation, performed so that all such work is
easily visible and may be easily corrected or
changed.
(10) READILY ACCESSIBLE:
(As applied to service disconnecting means 230-72C
of the NEC,} All buildings shall have a main line
disconnect switch at the closest point of entrance
on the outside of the building. (See Section 6(2)
for exceptions.)
(11) REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME:
Two weeks, unless otherwfse noted by the Chief
Electrical Inspector in writing.
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Electrical Inspector who shall be appointed by the
City Manager. The Chief Electrical Inspector
shall have had at least three (3) years experience
as a Master Electrician, and must hold a valid
Master Electrician's license, shall be of good
moral character, and shall be versed in the
approved methods of electrical construction for
safety of life and property and the National
Electrical Code. He shall receive such
compensation as the Council may decide. The
Chief Electrical Inspector in hereby designated as
the person responsible for the administration and
enforcement of this code, and who shall discharge
the duties and have the authority hereafter
provided. The Chief Electrical Inspector may
delegate said authority to inspectors and other
employees of the Building Inspection Department as
may be required to carry out his duties. The
Chief Electrical Inspector shall be responsible to
the Building Official and the City Manager, each
of whom are authorized to act in lieu of and with
the same authority as the Chief Electrical
Inspector.
(3) POWERS OF INSPECTORS:
The Chief Electrical Inspector and Inspectors
shall have the following powers:
(a) To enforce the provisions of this code and to
file complaints in municipal court against persons
who violate any of its provisions.
(b) To enter any house or premises during
reasonable hours, or while any electrical wiring
or fixtures or equipment is being installed; to
examine any electrical wiring or installation of
electrical wiring, fixtures or equipment therein
in the performance of his official duties.
(c) To order electrical service disconnected
where improper or defective wiring exists, or
where electrical construction or equipment has
been installed without a permit as required by
this code.
(d) To order compliance with this code where a
change of occupancy occurs in a building which
requires changes or alteration to existing
(e) To disconnect electrical service in cases of
emergency where necessary for the safety of
persons or property or where electrical equipment
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may interfere with the work of the Fire
Department.
(f) To attach to electrical equipment or
electrical meters any official notice or seal
which might be necessary to prevent the use of
electricity: and it shall be unlawful for any
person to use any such seal or break, change,
destroy, tear, mutilate, cover or otherwise deface
or injure any such official notice or seal posted
by any electrical inspector.
(g) To order persons to cease or desist doing any
work being done without a permit where a permit is
required or where such work is otherwise being is
violation of this code. It shall be unlawful for
any person to interfere with the enforcement
official or his/her assistants in the discharge of
their duties or to prevent them from carrying out
the provisions of this code.
(h) The Chief Electrical Inspector shall make a
thorough inspection of all electrical work from
time to time, and where such electrical work is in
a dangerous or unsafe condition, or is deemed to
be an interference with the work of the Fire
Department, the official shall notify the person
owning, using, or operating such electrical work
to place it in a safe, secure and non -interfering
condition. Any person failing, neglecting or
refusing within a reasonable amount of time to
make the necessary changes or repair, and have the
necessary work completed within a reasonable
amount of time, shall be deemed guilty of
violation of this chapter and every day which
shall elapse after the expiration of such
reasonable time until such wire and apparatus are
repaired, removed or changed as required by the
enforcement official shall be considered a
separate offense within the intent and meaning of
this code.
(/) The Chief Electrical Inspector shall require
plans, specifications and a complete feeder layout
of installations of electrical work, and, when
such plans, specifications, layouts are demanded,
it shall be a violation of this code to install
any part of the electrical work concerned until
the enforcement official initially approves
(4) INSPECTION:
(a) The Chief Electrical Inspector shall inspect
and approve electrical work after rough -in work is
completed and requests for inspections are made.
(b) All requests for inspection of electrical
work shall be made twenty-four hours before the
electrical work concerned is to be concealed or
connected for service, as the case may be by the
permit electrician.
(c) When any electrical work for which a permit
is required under this code has been
installed, but not concealed or connected for
service, as the case may be, the electrician to
whom the permit was issued shall request
inspections by notifying the Chief Electrical
Inspector in such manner as the Chief Electrical
Inspector may prescribe; the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall inspect such electrical work as
soon as practical and within forty-eight hours of
notification except Saturdays, Sundays and legal
(d) No electrical work for which a permit is
required under this code shall be concealed
in any manner from access or plain sight
until such electrical work has been inspected and
approved by the Chief Electrical Inspector and no
electrical work shall be completed and connected
to a source of energy until such electrical work
is completed and all outlets supplied with
approved fixtures, devices or covers, and such
electrical work has been finally approved for
service.
(e) Whenever the complexity of electrical work
may demand it, the Chief Electrical Inspector may
schedule inspections to be made of phases of
electrical work completed and ready for
inepectinn, It shall be unlawful for any person
to fail to request inspections pursuant to such
schedule and subsection (b) hereof.
(f) If the electrical work upon final inspection
meets all the requirements of this code, the
Chief Electrical Inspector shall immediately make
the necessary service records to allow connection
of such electrical work to a source of energy
provided that should such electrical work fail to
meet such requirements, then written notice by the
Chief Electrical Inspector of existing
deficiencies shall be given to the permitted
electrician, such electrician shall promptly
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correct the defects and request reinspection.
(g) Whenever a permitted electrician is given
notice of defects in electrical work, he
shall promptly correct same. Failure to do so
within fifteen days of notice of defects shall be
unlawful and a violation of this code and in
addition to any other penalties, the Chief
Electrical Inspector shall refuse to issue any
further permits for electrical work to such
electrician until existing defects are corrected
and approved in accordance with the provisions of
this code.
(h) After final inspection, a written certificate
of approval shall be issued, upon request, to a
permit electrician to cover any electrical work
done by him and approved by the Chief Electrical
Inspector.
(i) When a permited electrician does not have the
contract for finishing the electrical work
covered by his permit, he shall request an
inspection in writing of the electrical work
completed by him, specifying therein the
extent of his obligation to install electrical
work.
(j) When any permitted electrician refuses to
request a final inspection on substantially
completed work covered by his permit, the owner or
person in control of the premises where the
electrical work has been performed may request
inepection. Notice of such request shall be given
to the permitted electrician by the Chief
Electrical Inspector.
(5) ELECTRICAL EXAMINING AND ADVISORY BOARD CREATED:
There is hereby created an "Electrical Examining
and Advisory Board" consisting of seven (7)
persons; four (4) of whom shall be qualified
Master Electricians. Of the remaining three (3)
members, one (l) shall be actively engaged in any
building or construction trade, one (1) shall be
an Electrical Engineer and one (1) shall be an
employee of Texas Power & Light Co. (TP&L). This
board shall determine the qualifications of anyone
desiring to enter the business of any of the
A. Master Electrician
B. Journeyman Electrician
C. Apprectice Electrician
(a) The Electrical Inspector shall be an ex -
officio, non-voting member of said Board.
(b) Members of the Board and their successors
shall be appointed by the City Council and shall
hold office for two (2) years, or until their
successors are appointed and have qualified;
except, the terms of the first members of the
Board shall be appointed three for one year and
three for two years.
(c) If persons in building or construction trades
are not available for service on the Board, the
Council may appoint such other persons as it deems
qualified to serve.
(d) All members shall serve without compensation.
(e) The members of the Board shall meet as soon
after their appointment as practicable for the
purpose of organization. The Board shall formally
elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from its
members and may adopt such rules as it deems
necessary for the orderly conduct of its affairs.
A full and complete record of the proceedings of
said Board shall be kept in a bound record book.
(f) The Board shall submit to the Council such
recommendations for the improvement and revision
of this Section 8 as it may from time to time deem
necessary and proper in the light of the
development of new materials, methods or
techniques which would result in a better and more
economical installation. All requests for use of
materials or methods not covered in this Code
shall be fully supported by factual evidence, or
prior approval, from a recognized testing agency
or such impartial qualified authority acceptable
to the Board.
(g) Four (4) members of the Board present at any
meeting shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, and a majority of the
members present and voting shall be necessary to
constitute an official action of the Board,
provided that when applications for Certificate of
Registration are being considered, a member who is
also a qualified Master Electrician must be
present.
(h) A record of all official transactions of the
Board shall be kept in such a manner as to
properly reflect the business transacted by said
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Board.
(f) The Electrical Inspector shall act as
Secretary to said 8oard. The procedures and
order of business shall be established by the
Board.
(j) Certificate of Registration - MASTER
ELECTRICIAN: It shall be the duty of said Board
to pass upon the qualifications of all
applications for a Certificate of Registration as
Master and Journeyman Electrician to do business
in the City of Round Rock; The Board shall fix the
date of examination for such applicant, which
examination shall be held quarterly or more often
as may be decided by the Board. The Board shall
make reasonable rules relating to the type of
examination required so as to determine the
qualifications of applicants.
(k) The Board shall prescribe a written
examination of a uniform, fair, impartial
nature,testfng the applicant's knowledge of the
electrical ordinances and regulations of the City
of Round Rock and his ability to read simple
electrical plans. All examinations shall be
graded promptly by the Board. The Board may
prescribe certain other fair, impartial tests of
the applicant's skill and ability in work
involving the alteration, installation and repair
of electrical wiring and equipment.
(1) All applications for examination shall be
made in writing, addressed to the Board, and shall
be accompanied by an examining fee as prescribed
in (5)(n), said fee includes one examination.
(m) The City of Round Rock will waive the
requirement for an examination to electricians
with licenses from cities which agree to
reciprocate with Round Rock. The examination and
examination fees will be waived.
(n) The examination, registration and annual fees
for the various classes of electricians shall be
as follows:
Classification Exam Registration Annual
of Electrician Fee Fee —Fee
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Master Unrestricted $25.0O $150,0O $75.00
$5,000,OO surety bond
Master Restricted $25.00 $100,00
$5,800.O0 surety bond
Journeyman $25.00 $ 35.00
Unrestricted
Journeyman $25,00 $ 25.00
Restricted
Apprentice $ 10'00
$75.00
$>5.UO
$10.00
$ 5.00
NOTE: Catagories for restricted licenses shall be as
Master Restricted
Signs
$5,000.00 surety bond
Master Restricted
Elevators
$5,000,00 surety bond
Master Restricted
Repair Service
$5,000,00 surety bond
Master Restricted
Maintenance
$5,000.00 surety bond
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
Journeyman Restricted $25.00
Residential Nireman
Journeyman Restricted $25,00
Elevators
Journeyman Restricted $25.00
Repair Service
Journeyman Restricted $25.00
Maintenanc
D. PERMITS AND FEES
(1) REQUIRED -GENERAL EXCEPTIONS:
*100.00 $50.00
$100.00 $50,00
$100.00 *50.00
$100,00 $50,00
$25.00 $10,00
$10.00 $10,00
$10,00 $10.00
$25.00 $10,00
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
code, it shall be unlawful for any person to
install or cause to be installed, or to permit any
person to install , any electrical wiring fixtures
or equipment within or on any building,
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structure, or premises, pub!ically or privately
owned, or to make any alterations, additions,
changes or repairs within the scope of this code
without having procured a permit therefore issued
by the Chief Electrical Inspector. Accessory
buildYngo,tpuriat cottages or group houses shall
not be considered separate buildings when the work
is to be installed as one complete project, and at
one time; except where separate meter loops are
(a) There shall not be more than one permit issued
or outstanding at the same time for any one
installation of electrical equipment.
(b) No service entrance equipment shall be
connected to an electrical distribution system
unless it has been approved and a permit shall
have been obtained and fees paid.
(2) PERMIT NOT REQUIRED
(a) No permit shall be required for the
replacement of lamps, switch and receptacle
plates, covers, fuses,or for the connection of
portable electrical equipment to suitable
permanently installed receptacles.
(b) No permit shall be required for the
installation of electrical conductors or equipment
to be installed where such installation is in
accordance with the plans and specifications
approved by the City, and where such installation
will be within and on the premises with the
control and supervision of the State Highway
Department of Texas, and where such installation
will be part of highway facilities operated,
maintained, or controlled by said State Highway
Department.
(c) No permit shall be required for the
installation of electrical conductors or equipment
to be installed by or for a public utility
corporation in the generation, transmission, sale
or use of electrical energy as outlined in their
franchise; nor for the use of such corporation in
the transmission of messages.
(d) No permit shall be required for the
replacement of a motor by another motor of the
same horsepower and rating, solenoid valves, low
pressure controls or other controls when the
electrical supply to the same is or has been
properly installed by a licensed electrician.
(e) No permit shall be required for any work
involved in the manufacturing, testing or
servicing, altering or repairing of electrical
equipment or apparatus, except that this exemption
shall not include any permanent wiring.
(f) No permit shall be required for maintenance
work performed by a licensed electrician on the
premises of his employer.
(3) APPLICATION GENERALLY:
Application for permits shall be made in writing
upon forms provided by the City for the purpose.
When required by the Chief Electrical Inspector,
the application shall include a diagram or plan
showing clearly the character and kind of wiring
or installation of fixtures or equipment work to
be done. The plan or electrical diagram shall
have a definate scale and show the manner in which
the electrical installation is to be made and/or
the character of any repairs to any existing
installation showing the point at which service
connection is required, the site of the feeders
and sub -feeders, the location at service switches
and centers of distribution, the arrangement of
circuits and the number of outlets connected
thereto. The applications shall also contain the
following information: the date the application
is submitted, the name of the person under whose
authority the application is made, the name of the
person actually offering the application, the
address where electrical work is to be done, a
description of the electrical work to be done and
other pertinent information required by the Chief
Electrical Inspector.
(4) PERMITS -TO WHOM ISSUED
(a) Permits shall be issued to licensed Master
Electricians, or their duly authorized agents, who
shall be certified to the Chief Electrical
Inspector by affidavit stating that said
electrician assumes all and full responsibility
for any permit taken out or applied for by said
agent. This affidavit shall be kept on file after
it has been approved by the City Attorney.
(b) Permits shall be issued to a person performing
electrical work with his own hands in a single
family dwelling owned by him and claimed as his
homestead.
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(c) When the permitted electrician fails or
refuses to complete electrical work, in whole or
in part, on any electrical wiring or installation
of fixtures or equipment, a new permit may be
issued upon written request of the owner or
person in charge of construction, and fees
therefore shall be assessed covering all
electrical work done or to be done, whether
completed or not at the time a subsequent permit
is issued. Before any subsequent permit is
issued, the enforcement official shall notify the
permited electrician failing or refusing to
complete the electrical work, if he can be found,
to show cause within ten days of receipt of
written notice why a subsequent permit should not
be issued to a subsequent electrician. All
written requests for subsequent permits shall set
forth the reasons why the current permited
electrician has failed or refused to complete
electrical work. If subsequent permits are issued,
all subsisting permits shall be cancelled by the
enforcement official, and no fees due therefor
shall be refunded or credited.
E. LICENSING
(1) LICENSE REQUIRED:
Except as otherwise provided in section D(4)(b),
it shall be unlawful for any person to do
electrical work unless such person is a master
electrician licensed under the provisions of this
code, or unless such person is a journeyman, or is
an apprentice electrician licensed under the
provisions of this code and does such electrical
work under the supervision, direction and control
of a journeyman or master electrician. Any person
holding a valid master's license need not procure
a lesser license, and any person holding a valid
journeyman's license need not procure a lesser
license. When two or more master electricians are
working on the same job, the supervision,
direction and control of the electrical work shall
be the responsibility of the person to whom the
permit was issued.
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(2) EXCEPTIONS:
The following classes of electrical work may be
carried out by persons who are not licensed
electricians.
(a) Electrical work on one's own homestead, as
reflected by public records, performed only by the
person owning such homestead; provided, that a
permit as provided in D.(1) shall have first been
obtained by such a person, and he shall have
complied with all other requirements of this
chapter except the licensing provisions.
(b) The replacement of lamps fuses and connection
of portable devices to suitable receptacles which
have been permanently installed.
(c) The installation, alteration or repairing of
any wiring, devices, or equipment for the
operation of a signal or the transmission of
messages where such wiring, devices, appliances or
equipment operates at a voltage not exceeding
fifty volts between conductors and does not
include generating or transforming equipment,
(d) The installation, alteration or repair of
electric wiring, devices, appliances and equipment
installed by or for an electric public service
corporation operating under a franchise from the
City when for the use of such electrical energy or
for the use of such a corporation in the operation
for street railways, signals or the transmission
of messages.
(3) LICENSE NOT TO BE JSSUED TO CERTAIN PERSONS:
The Electrical Board shall not authorize the
issuance of a license to any of the following
persons:
(a) Any person failing to properly apply for a
license hereunder, or a renewal thereof, and to
pay the fees or post the bonds prescribed.
(b) Any person required by this chapter to take
an examination unless such person shall have
successfully passed such examination.
(c) Any person whose license hereunder has been
suspended, during such suspension.
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(4) QUALIFICATIONS:
(a) Eligibility for Master Electrician. To be
eligible to hold a license as a Master Electrician
within the City of Round Rock, each applicant for
such license shall be a high school graduate or
the equivalent thereof, and shall have had two
years of Journeyman level experience under the
supervision of a licensed and bonded Master
Electrician and shall have passed an examination
for Journeyman Electrician, be the holder of a
Journeyman Electrician's License, and shall
demonstrate his professional competency by passing
an examination for Master Electrician with a
minimum grade of 75% on an examination to be held
and conducted by the Board.
(b) Eligibility for Journeyman Electrician. To be
eligible to hold a license as a Journeyman
Electrician each applicant for such license shall
be a high school graduate, or the equivalent
thereof, and shall have had four years experience
as an Apprentice in electrical construction under
the supervision of a licensed and bonded Master
Electrician and shall demonstrate his
qualification by passing an examination with a
minimum grade of 75% to be held and conducted by
the Board.
(c) Eligibility for Apprentice Electrician.
Persons applying for an apprentice electrician's
license shall be at least sixteen years of age.
(5) APPLICATION
(a) Every application for an original or renewal
of any character of license shall be made upon a
form furnished by the Chief Electrical Inspector.
(b) Every application for any of such licenses
shall state the full name, date of birth, weight,
height, color of eyes, color of hair, sex,
residence and business address of the applicant.
Every original application for a license shall
specify the experience of the applicant, and shall
state whether the applicant has heretofore been
licensed as an apprentice, journeyman, master or
other classification of electrician, and if so,
when and by what state, county or city, and
whether any such license has ever been suspended
or revoked, or whether an application has ever
been refused, and if so, the date of and the
reason for such suspension, revocation or refusal.
(c) Every application shall be accompanied by the
license and/or examination fee prescribed in this
code.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person holding a
Masters Electrician License to transfer the same
or allow the use of same directly or indirectly by
any other person for the purpose of doing
electrical work or for obtaining a permit to do
electrical work.
(e) It shall be considered a violation of this
section for a master E1ectrcian or a Master Sign
Electrician to engage in the performance of
electrical work with a Journeyman or apprentice
other than in the usual employer - employee
relationship.
(6) BOND REQUIRED FOR MASTER ELECTRICIANS -GENERALLY:
No person shall be issued a license as a master
electrician until he has made, executed and
delivered to the Chief Electrical Inspector a good
and sufficient corporate surety bond, in the
amount prescribed in this section for such
electrician, payable to the city for the use and
benefit of the city or any person injured or
damaged by any act or neglect of the principal or
his agents or employees, or by reason of failure
to repair any defective work, device or
installation, or for failure to pay any fees or
other charges due the city, or for failure to
remedy any defects or faulty workmanship or
material without additional cost to the person for
whom the work was done within the time prescribed
by the city's inspector for the completion of such
remedial work, and guaranteeing compliance with
the requirements of the Code of all work installed
by the principal, his agents or ampin@eas. All
bonds shall be for a period ending the next
ensuing December 31. Suit upon such bond may be
maintained by any person injured or damaged by
reason of the principal's failure to perform his
obligations under the bond. Suspension of the
license of the principal shall not by itself
affect the liability of either the principal or
the surety of such bond. The bond required for a
Master Electrician is $5"000.O0
(7) SAME -REDUCTION OF COVERAGE:
Should the coverage of the bond required by (6) be
reduced by recovery or for any other reason, the
surety on such bond shall immediately notify the
City Manager, and the principal shall be sustended
from all rights and privileges under this code
until the full amount and coverage are restored.
(8) FEES:
For fees required for licenses please refer to
Subsection C, 5 (n)
(9) ISSUANCE -GENERALLY; CONTENTS:
Upon payment of the required fee and the posting
of required bond therefor, the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall issue to each person the class of
license which such person is qualified to receive
under the provisions of this Code. Each license
shall bear a distinguishing number assigned to the
licensee, the full name, sex, date of birth,
weight, height, color of hair, color of eyes and
the space upon which the licensee shall write his
usual signature with pen and ink immediately upon
receipt of the license. No license shall be valid
until it is so signed by the licensee.
(10) EXPIRATION; RENEWAL:
(a) All licenses issued under this chapter shall
expire at 12:00 midnight on the last day of the
month of the applicants birthday.
(b) Any licensee failing to renew his surety
bond or make application for renewal of license
before his current license expires shall be
considered as an applicant for an original
license; provided, that if within thirty days of
expiration the licensee tenders the required
license fee and/or surety bond and presents the
electrical board with satisfactory reasons for
failure to timely renew such license, the
electrical board may authorize renewal of such
license as though timely performed.
(c) All expired licenses not renewed as provided
by the preceding subsection shall be deemed
cancelled, and the enforcement official shall make
appropriate notations on his records to reflect
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such cancellation.
(11) INACTIVE LICENSE
Any Master Electrician license holder could pay
their renewal fee and their license would then be
placed in the inactive fila. This would mean the
license holder would not be required to maintain a
current surety bond. However, before the Master
Electrician could work within the City of Round
Rock or obtain a permit for a job within the City,
they would be required to obtain a surety bond in
the amount of $5,000.00.
(12) DUPLICATES:
In the event that an apprentice, journeyman or
master electrician's license issued under the
provisions of this code is lost or destroyed, the
person for whom the same was issued may obtain a
duplicate of substitute thereof upon furnishing
proof satisfactory to the Cheif Electrical
Inspector that such permit or license was lost or
destroyed, and upon payment of a fee of $5.00.
(13) NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRE5S, NAME, ETC., TO BE
Whenever any person after applying for or
receiving an apprentice, journeyman or master
electrician's license shall move from the address
named in such application or in the license issued
to him or when the name of the licensee is changed
or when the employment of such person is changed,
he shall immediately notify the Chief Electrical
Inspector, in writing, of his former address, name
and employment his present address, name and
employment and shall give his license number.
(14) CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED:
(a) To display or cause or permit to be displayed
or to have in one's possession any instrument
purporting to be any license for the doing of any
electrical work, knowing such instrument to be
ficticious or to have been cancelled, suspended or
altered.
(b) To lend or knowingly permit the use of any
license for the doing of any electrical work to
any person not entitled thereto under the
provisions of this code.
(c) To display or to represent as one's own any
license for the doing of any electrical work
when such license has not been suspended or
cancelled as provided by law.
(d) To fail or refuse to surrender to the Chief
Electrical Inspector on demand any license for the
doing of any electrical work which has been
suspended or cancelled as provided by law.
(e) To apply for or have in one's possession more
than one current license of the same type provided
for in this code.
(f) To use a false a or fictitious name or give a
false or fictitious address in any application
for any license provided for in this code or any
renewal or duplicate thereof, or knowingly make a
false statement or knowingly conceal a material
fact or otherwise commit fraud in making any such
(g) To employ as a master, journeyman or
apprentice electrician any person not then
licensed as provided in this code.
(h) To perform any character of electrical work
for which a license required by this code or while
such license is suspended or cancelled.
(i) To perform electrical work in any manner in
violation of any restrictions imposed on a license
issued on a licensed issued to him.
(j) To employ more than four (4) licensed
apprentices under the supervision of one (1)
unrestricted Journeyman Electrician.
(15) SUSPENSION -GENERALLY.
The electrical board may suspend the license of
any apprentice, journeyman or master electrician
for a period of not more than one year, after
determining at a proper hearing as set out in this
article that the licensee has done any of the
(a) Committed an offense of which he has not been
convicted, but for which automatic suspension of
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license would follow under the provisions of this
Code upon conviction.
(b) Permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use• of
such license.
(c) Committed an offense in another state,
county or city, which if committed in this city
would be grounds for suspension or revocation.
(d) Is an habitual violator of this code.
(Habitual shall mean three or more separate
violations.)
(e) Performed any electrical work that is in
violation of this Code and then failed or
refused to make corrections necessary for the work
to conform to this code.
(f) Performed any electrical work that is in
violation of this Code or the National
Electrical Code, and such work is found to be the
cause or a contributing cause of a fire, whether
or not there is any actual damage or loss.
(g) Performed any electrical work in violation of
any restrictions imposed on a license issued to
him.
(16) HEARING AND PROCEDURE:
In determining any such charges the Electrical
Examining and Advisory Board shall proceed upon
sworn information furnished it by an official of
the city, or by any person aggrieved by the action
of an electrician in the performance of electrical
work for which an electrical permit is required by
this code. Such information shall be in writing
and shall be verified by the person familiar with
the facts therein charged, and three copies of the
same shall be filed with the city clerk. Upon
receipt of such information, the city clerk shall
retain one copy for the official records of the
city and shall convey two copies to the electrical
board. Thereupon the board, if it deems the
information sufficient to support further action
on its part, shall make an order setting the
charges therein contained for hearing at a
specified time and place, and shall cause a copy
of its order and of the information to be served
upon the accused by registered mail no less than
ten days before the date appointed in the order of
the hearing. The accused may appear in person or
by counsel, or both, at the time and place named
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in the order and make his defense to the same.
All such hearings shall be open to the public.
The city attorney shall be entitled to present
evidence and argument at such hearing, and if the
accused fails or refuses to appear, the board may
proceed to hear and determine the charges in his
mboennea, If the accused admits the truth of the
charges, and the board by vote of four or more of
its members shall find them to be true, it may
enter an order suspending the license of such
eleotrinfan. The board shall have the power,
though its chairman or secretary, to administer
oaths and to compel the attendance of witnesses
before it by subpoena issued over the signature of
the ohairman. When the electrical board has
completed such hearing and made its decision it
shall cause one copy of its decision to be filed
with the Chief Electrical Inspector, one copy with
the city clerk and cause a certified copy thereof
to be forwarded to the accused.
(17) AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION -GENERALLY:
(a) The license of any person shall be
automatically suspended upon final conviction of
any of the following offenses:
(i) Taking out a permit in the name of a
person authorized to do the electrical work
and thereafter permitting a person not
authorized by this code to do the electrical
work.
(ii) Tampering with, diverting from or in
any way interfering with the proper action or
registration of any electric meter.
(iii) Employing as a master, journeyman or
apprentice electrician any person not then
licensed as provided in this code.
(b) The suspension provided for in this code
shall in the first instance be or a period of six
monthn. For subsequent offences the suspension
shall be for a period of a year
(c) The suspension of any license shall be
automatically extended upon the licensee being
convicted of performing electrical work while the
license is suspended for a like period as the
original suspension, and in addition to any other
penalty assessed, as provided in this code.
has been installed in accordance with the terms
and provisions of this Code the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall sign the inspection card, noting
thereon the date of approval of the work. More
than one rough inspection may be made without
charge when the progress of construction required
such inspection.
(a) FAULTY WORK: If the wiring or installation
of fixtures or equipment is found to be faulty or
incorrectly or defectively installed, the
Chief Electrical Inspector shall notify the
responsible person who installed such work of the
changes necessary to be made in order that the
work may conform to this code.
(b) CORRECTION OF FAULTY WORK: The permittee
shall within forty eight (48) hours from the time
of notification make or start to make the changes
ordered and shall proceed with the work until the
same is completed. Upon completion thereof and
payment of the Reinspection Fee, he shall notify
the Chief Electrical Inspector to the effect that
faulty work has been corrected. The latter shall
then cause the reinspection to be made, and if
said work is found to comply with this code, he
shall sign the inspection card noting thereon the
date of approval of the work. If the Chief
Electrical Inspector shall again find the work
incorrectly installed, he shall notify the
permittee of the necessary changes, and the
permittee shall pay an additional Reinspection
Fee. If the permittee fails to correct the faulty
work within 72 hours, the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall refuse to issue to such person any
further permits until said work in question is
corrected and approved.
(3) FINAL INSPECTION:
Upon the completion of all electrical wiring and
installation of fixtures or equipment in any
building, or any premises, the permittee shall
notify the Chief Electrical Inspector that the
work is ready for final inspection, giving the
electrical permit number and the street address;
and the Chief Electrical Inspector shall then make
the inspection, and if any faulty or defective
wiring or equipment is found, the permittee shall
be notified of the changes to be made in order
that such work shall conform to this Code. If
such work is found to be correctly installed,
replaced or repaired, the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall endorse his approval upon the
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(18) SURRENDER AND RETURN OF LICENSE:
Any license which has been suspended under this
code shall be surrendered to and be retained by
the Chief Electrical Inspector. At the end of the
period of suspension, in the absence of further
violations, the surrendered license shall be
returned to the licensee and shall be valid under
the provisions, in the code; that if the period of
suspension extends beyond normal expiration date,
the licensee must pay all license fees and/or post
all surety bonds in order to receive a valid
license to continue electrical work.
(19) RIGHT OF APPEAL:
Any person denied a license or whose license has
been suspended by the Board, except where such
cancellation or suspension is automatic under the
provision of this code, shall have a right to file
a petition within ten days thereafter for a
hearing before the City Cwuncil, The City Council
shall set the matter for hearing upon fourteen
days written notice to the aggrieved person and
thereupon take testimony and examine into the
facts of the case, and determine whether the
petitioner is entitled to a license or is subject
to suspension of this license under the provisions
of this code.
F: INSPECTIONS
(1) INSPECTIONS REQU{RED.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to make connections from a source of
electrical energy to any electrical wiring,
devices or equipment on an installation for which
a permit is required, as set forth in this code,
until it has been approved by the Chief Electrical
Inspector authorizing such connection and the use
of such wiring devices or equipment.
(2) ROUGH INSPECTION:
When the rough wiring or installation work is
completed on any premises, the person responsible
therefore shall notify the Chief Electrical
Inspector that the job in ready for inspection,
giving proper identification of the work, address
and permit number. The Chief Electrical Inspector
shall then make an inspection of the electric
installation. If said wiring or installation work
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inspection certificate stating that the wiring or
installation work has been installed in accordance
with the provisions of this Code.
(4) INSPECTION AFTER FIRE:
An inspection shall be conducted by the Chief
Electrical Inspector on any building or structure
that has been damaged by fire, if requested by the
Fire Maroholl,
(5) WORK LEFT OPEN:
It shall be unlawful for any person to cover or
cause to be covered any part of a wiring
installation with flooring, lath, wall board or
other material until the Chief Electrical
Inspector shall have approved the wiring
installation in part or as a whole except as
herein set forth.
(6) INSPECTOR'S REMOVAL REQUEST:
It shall be the duty of the Chief Electrical
Inspector to cause all abandoned dead wire, unused
poles or electrical apparatus on the outside or
inside of the buildings or in the street or alleys
to be removed at the expense of the owners
thereof, by giving the said owners written notice.
(7) INTERFERENCE:
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person
to in any manner change or alter electrical
conductors or equipment in or on any building. If
in the course of erection of a building or
structure, electrical conductors or equipment have
previously been installed in such position as to
interfere with the erection or completion of the
structure, notice shall be immediately given to
the authorized person or firm using the electrical
conductors or equipment, and he shall be required
to accomplish this needed change in accordance to
this Code.
(8) PERIODIC GENERAL INSPECTION:
The Chief Electrical Inspector shall inaugurate
through periodic reinspections of installations of
all electrical wiring, electric devices, and
electric equipment now installed, or that
thereafter be installed within, and within the
scope of the Code, and when the installation of
any such wiring, devices or equipment is found to
be defective, dangerous or in an unsafe condition,
the person, firm or corporation owning using or
operating the same shall be notified in writing
and shall make the necessary repairs or changes
required to place such wiring, devices or
equipment in a safe condition within five days, or
any longer period specified by the Chief Inspector
in said notice. The Chief Electrical Inspector
shall immediately order the disconnection or
discontinuance of electrical services to such
wiring devices, or equipment until the same has
been made safe as directed.
(9) ELECTRICAL SERVICE CONNECTION:
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to make connections from a source of
electrical energy to any electrical wiring device
or equipment which has been disconnected by order
of the Chief Electrical Inspector or the use of
which has been disconnected by order of the Chief
Electrical Inspector or the use of which has been
prohibited for reasons herein set forth until a
certificate of approval has been issued by him
authorizing the reconnection and use of such
wiring devices or equipment. The Chief Electrical
Inspector or his authorized agent shall then
notify Texas Power & Light Company and authorize
the permanent service to be connected.
(10) SERVICE OF NOTICE:
If the person to whom any order or notice issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Code cannot be
found after reasonable search has been made for
him, then such order or notice as may be served by
posting same in a conspicuous place upon the
premises occupied by him or the premises where the
defects recited in the order or notice are alleged
to exist or on the premises which may be deemed
unsafe or dangerous. Such service shall be
equivalent to personal service of such order or
notice. An order to comply with the term of such
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order or notice shall be sent by amil in a sealed
envelope with postage prepaid and directed to the
address of the owner, lessee or occupant of the
premises where the defects recited in the order
are alleged to exist and shall be equivalent to
the personal service of such order.
G: STANDARDS & SPECIFICATIONS
(1) MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, ETC.,GENERALLY: SAFETY
STANDARDS GENERALLY:
Conformity of electrical equipment with the
applicable standards of the Underwriters'
Laboratories Inc., shall be prima facie evidence
that such equipment is reasonably safe to persons
and propnrtieo. Only standard parts and materials
approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories Inc.,
National Electrical Safety Code or electrical
provisions of other safety codes which have been
approved by the American National Standards
Institute shall be prima facie evidence that such
installations are reasonably safe to persons and
property.
(2) METER AND METER LOOPS:
Service Entrance Conductors, meters, and service
disconnects shall be installed in accordance with
NEC Article 230, with the following exceptions.
(a) Service entrance conductors must be in
either Rigid Metal Conduit, Intermediate
Metal Conduit, Electrical Metallic Tubing, or
Schedule 80 Rigid Nonmetallic ConduYt, Service
Entrance (SE) Cable or Open Wiring on Insulators
will not be authorized.
(b) If the Service entrance conduit is a service
mast (one having service drop attached directly to
mast, vice structure) then only 2 inch or larger
Rigid Metal Conduit shall be used.
(c) The service disconnecting means shall be
outside the building in all occupancies.
Exceptions will be for services over 1000 amps
and which would normally be operating 24 hours a
day. The service disconnecting means for these
exceptions shall be located no more than 24 inches
from the point of entrance of the Service Entrance
Conductors.
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(d) Six Hand Rule: All panelboards used for
service equipment shall be constructed to
accomodate not more than six (6) separate
disconnecting means; each with its own independent
handle; or, the installation shall have a single
main disconnect in front. If there are to be more
than six occupants in a building, provisions must
be made to not exceed six (6) disconnecting means.
This is in order that the entire building may be
deenergized with no more than six (6) operations of
the hand (strap centers only). All loadcenters
used for service equipment must have a main
disconnect in front.
Note: Texas Power & Light Company publication
"Specifications for Electrical Service and Meter
Installations" may be used for reference; however,
service installations involving more than 6 meters
shall be approved by the Chief Electrical Inspector.
(3) IDENTIFICATION MARKS REQUIRED ON MATERIALS,
EQUIPMENT, ETC.:
The maker's name, trade mark and other
identification symbols shall be placed on all
electrical materials, devices, equipment and
appliances used or installed under this chapter.
(4) INSTALLATIONS CREATING HAZARDS TO FIRE PROTECTION
AND PREVENTION:
No wires shall be installed, operated or
maintained over any street, alley, sidewalk or
building which may be reasonably calculated to
interfere seriously with the work of the fire
department in the use of ladders or other
apparatus, or which shall obstruct or render
hazardous the use of fire escapes. On complaint
of the city fire marshall, the interfering
obstruction or hazardous wires shall be removed or
properly rearranged.
(5) SPECIAL ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT RULES:
The following additional requirements shall be
met for all new construction:
(a) All circuits shall have conductors sized in
accordance with Article 310 of the National
Electrical Code. No conductor smaller than No. 12
Copper American Wire Gauge size, or equivalent,
shall be used in any electrical work as covered by
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this chapter, except the following as approved by
the National Electrical Code:
Pendant and portable rorda.
Fixture wire.
No, 14 for individual fixture leads at
the outlet box.
No. 14 for control circuits operating
contactors, relays and the like.
Wiring within display cases.
Wiring for system covered by Chapter 7
of the National Electrical Code.
As specified under electrical signs.
No. 14 for switch loops, controlling
light only in residence occupancies.
(b) All panels must be large enough to
accommodate the present load requirements and have
at least two (2) spare circuits for future use.
(c) The requirements of the NEC shall be followed
pertaining to receptacles needing Ground -Fault
Circuit -Interrupters (GFCI) protection with the
following exceptions:
(i) Temporary service for construction sites
are required to have GFCI protection, and must
have a driven ground rod.
(d) Type AC Cable (commonly referred to as "BX")
will not be authorized as an approved wiring method.
(e) Flexible metal conduit smaller than one-half
inch (1/2v) electrical trade size shall not be
permitted.
(f) The following listed buildings shall
have a mininimum of one (1) receptacle
installed for every twenty lineal feet measured
horizontally around the interior wall at the floor
level of each room, excluding storage rooms:
Office Buildings
Store Buildings
Restaurants/Taverns
Bank Buildings
Mechanical Garages
Studios
(g) All ground wires or bonding wires must have
mechanical devices on them for connections.
(h) On all building services, commercial or
residential, you must have a driven ground rod and
also a ground wire to the cold water pipe.
(6) CONSTRUCTION, RODENT PROOF:
All exterior wall openings around electrical
cables and conduits shall be protected against the
passage of rodents by closing such openings with
cement mortar, concrete masonry, or other approved
material.
(7) COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS:
(a) All commercial buildings shall be wired in
raceways, except as provided in subsection (b) of
this section.
(b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not
be applicable with regard to pre-existing wiring
in buildings which were originally constructed
and used as single-family, single -story,
residential -use buildings, and which are
thereafter converted to commercial usage if at the
time such building was constructed, the pre-
existing electrical wiring, fixtures and apparatus
in such building conformed to all other
applicable provisions of this Code. Including the
requirements that the electrical wiring system
shall be effectively grounded by including or
providing a grounding conductor in such wiring
system to which the receptacles, cord connectors,
lighting fixtures, wall switches and other
electrical apparatus shall be securely connected.
To obtain the benefit of the exemption granted by
this subdivision, the owner or occupant of such
building must obtain an inspection and certificate
as required by subsection (d).
(c) Any installation of new electrical wiring,
fixtures or apparatus installed in any building
which is the subject of the exception stated in
subsection (b) of this section, or any rewiring
of such building, shall be wired in raceways
(including flexible metal conduit which may be
used in otherwise inaccessible area) as required
by subsection (a) of this section.
(d) In order to obtain the benefits stated in
Subsection (b) thereof, and prior to the time
that any building is converted to commercial use
as specified in Subsection (b), an electrical
inspection of the electrical wiring, fixtures and
apparatus shall be made by the Chief Electrical
Inspector for the purpose of determining whether
such building conforms to all other applicable
provisions of this Code at the time such building
is converted to commercial use. If the Chief
Electrical Inspector determines that such building
does not conform to all other applicable
provisions of this Code, then the provisions of
subsection (b) shall not be applicable.
(e) For each panel in commercial construction a
minimum of one (1) spare one -inch raceway shall
be installed from the panel to an accessible
location in the attic or crawlspace.
(f) Lighting fixtures will be figured at 1920
watts per circuit.
(g) All thermostate wire, door bell wire, fire
alarm wire and other wire 50 volts or less must be
run in conduit with the exception of Plenum cable
which will be permissable in Plenums only, then it
must be strapped in accordance with the National
Electric Code.
(h) There must not be two (2) different metered
voltages in one building coming from two (2)
different metered services.
(8) DWELLING CIRCUITS:
(a) The kitchen for each dwelling shall have no
less than two (2) twenty amperes circuits which
shall comply with NEC Article 210, except that
there shall be a maximum of three (3) outlets per
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circuit. Dedicated circuits such as refrigerator,
disposal, microwave, and dishwasher shall be on
separate circuits and not be counted as any of the
required minimum circuits or outlets. These
circuits shall be required for every new or
remodeled kitchen.
(b) In areas other than kitchens in dwelling
units no more than nine (9) outlets shall be
connected to any circuit, whether the outlets be
ceiling or wall outlets (receptacle outlet or
lighting fixture outlets), and no single circuits
shall supply an area of 300 sq. ft. or more. A
single circuit shall supply washine machine,
furnace, and bathroom heater.
(c) All conductors operating at less than 50
volts must be stapled in a workmanship like manner
and run verticle to the Building lines.
(9) SPECIAL SAFETY MEASURES:
(a) All lighting outlets required by NEC Article
210-70 shall be controlled by a wall switch. Pull
chain light fixtures will not be authorized.
(b) Aluminum Conductors will be authorized from
the service drop, or lateral, to the service
disconnect only. Aluminum conductors sized 500 MCM
and larger may be permitted in panel to panel
installations subject to approved methods of
installations and approved connectors. Such
approvals will be at the sole discretion of the
Chief Electrical Inspector on a case by case basis.
(i) All feeder conductors to branch circuit panel
boards and all sub -panels in residential and
commercial construction must be copper conductors.
(c) Color Coding of Conductors:
(i) 480-277 volt Y system BROWN -YELLOW -PURPLE
for phase conductors and NATURAL GRAY for
neutral.
(ii) 208 volt Y system BLACK -RED -BLUE for
phase conductors and WHITE for neutral.
(iii) 480-277 volt delta system BROWN -YELLOW -
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ORANGE for phase conductors and NATURAL GRAY
for neutral.
(iv) 240 volt delta system BLACK -RED -ORANGE
for phase conductors and WHITE for neutral.
(d) Any flexible metallic conduit over six feet
(G') in length must have a separate grounding
conductor, sized according to the NEC, installed
with the circuit conductors.
(e) Except upon written permission of the Chief
Electrical Inspector, no electrical conductor of
any nature shall be installed nearer than three
inches to any metal pipe or duct which could
operate in excess of 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
(f) Door bell transformers must be mounted in an
attic, heater closet, bedroom closet or other
space where air can flow freely around the
transformer. The transformer shall not be covered
after it has been mounted.
(g) It will not be acceptable to use flexible
metal conduit outside. Liquid -tight flexible
conduit or liquid -tight flexible non-metallic
conduit are considered acceptable.
(10) USE OF UNAPPROVED APPLIANCE PROHIBITED:
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
association, or corporation within the City to use
any appliance which has not been endorsed by the
Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or other
nationally recognized standards association; or
without first obtaining approval from the Chief
Electrical Inspector in absence of such evidence
of safety approval.
(11) APPROVAL GIVEN:
The Chief Electrical Inspector shall approve for
such use electrical equipment, material,
conductors, apparatus, or appliances as are
reasonably safe to persons and property.
Conformity of such equipment and material with the
standards of the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.,
shall be prima facie evidence that such equipment
is reasonably safe to persons and property.
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(12) SPECIAL APPROVAL:
Should any material or equipment be submitted for
approval which is not listed as approved by the
Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., the Chief
Electrical Inspector shall, within ten days of the
receipt of written request for special approval,
approve, provisionally approve, or disapprove such
electrical material or equipment.
(a) Approval shall be based on reasonable safety
to persons or property, and material and equipment
shall be considered as adequate for approval if
the standards of the Underwriters' Laboratories,
Inc., and/or provisions of this code are met. When
material or equipment is approved by the Chief
Electrical Inspector such approval shall continue
until the material or workmanship on the article
approved is changed. When the material or
workmanship is changed, the article shall be re-
examined and approval prior to use.
(b) When no applicable standard can be used to
determine whether an article is reasonably safe,
the Chief Electrical Inspector may grant
provisional approval and allow its use until such
time as it can be tested or determined whether the
article is safe to person and property.
(c) Approval by the Chief Electrical Inspector
shall not become final until concurred by the
Board. Denial by the Chief Electrical Inspector
may be appealed to the Board.
(d) The Chief Electrical Inspector shall keep in
his office a complete list of electrical
equipment, material appliances and devices
approved, provisionally approved, or disapproved
for use within the City. This list shall be
available to the public during regular working
hours.
H: PENALTIES
(1) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ELECTRICAL CODE:
Any person, firm, corporation or association who
violates any of the provisions of this Code shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars, and
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each and every day of continuance thereof shall
constitute a distinct and separate nffanae.
(2) VIOLATION:
Violation of any of the terms or provisions of
this Code by any corporation or association shall
subject the officers and agents actively in charge
of the business of such corporation or association
to the penalty herein provided.
(3) ON:
Conviction under the provisions of this Code shall
be deemed just cause for the revocation of any
license which said person, firm, corporation or
association may have and/or hold under the
provisions of this Code.
(4) INJUNCTION:
In addition to the penal remedy herein, the City
Attorney shall, upon the direction of the City
Council, institute any appropriate proceeding to
correct or abate any act, conduct, work business,
practice or use which is a violation and illegal
under this code.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions
in conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or
provisions thereof.
READ
AND APPROVED on first reading this day of
READ, APOVED AND ADOPTED on second reading this Y1
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day of
ATTEST:
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LAND, City Secretary
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MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(1) Title Page 4
(2) National Code Page 4
(3) Scope Page 4
(4) Low Energy Circuits Page 5
(5) Responsibility for Safe Work Page 5
(6) Purpose Page 5
(7) Unlawful Acts Prohibited Page 5
SUBSECTION B DEFINITIONS Pages 6 - 8
(1) Board Page 6
(2) City Page 6
(3) Chief Electrical Inspector Page 6
(4) Licensed Electrician Page 6
(5) Apprentice Electrician Page 6
(6) Maintenance Page 6
(7) Electrican Work Page 7
(8) Electrical Experience Page 7
(9) Rough -In Work Page 7
(10) Readily Accessible Page 7
(11) Reasonable Amount of Time Page 7
(12) Master Electrician Page 8
(13) Building Page 8
SUBSECTION C ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT..,Rageo 8 - 12
(1) Restriction on Employees Page 8
(2) Chief Electrical Inspector Page 8
(3) Powers of inspectors Page 9
(4) Inspection Page 11
(5) Electrical Examining and
Advisory Board Created Page 12
SUBSECTION D PERMITS AND FEES Pages 15 - 17
(1) Required -General Exceptions
(2) Permit Not Required
(3) Application Generally
(4) Permits -To Whom Issued
Page 15
Page 16
Page 17
Page 17
SUBSECTION E LICENSING Pages 18 - 27
(1) License Required Page 18
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SUBSECTION E CONTINUED
(2) Exceptions Page 19
(3) License Not To Be Issued To
Certain Persons Page 19
(4) Qualifications Page 20
(5) Application Page 20
(6) Bond Required for Master
Electricians -Generally Page 21
(7) Same -Reduction of Coverage Page 22
(8) Fees Page 22
(9) Issuance -Generally; Contents Page 22
(10) Expiration; Renewal Page 22
(11) Inactive License Page 23
(12) Duplicates Page 23
(13) Notice of Change of Address.
Name, Etc. To Be Given Page 23
(14) Certain Acts Prohibited Page 23
(15) Suspension -Generally Page 24
(16) Hearing and Procedure Page 25
(17) Automatic Suspension Page 26
(18) Surrender and Return of
License Page 27
(19) Right of Appeal Page 27
SUBSECTION F INSPECTIONS Pages 27 - 30
(1) Inspections Required Page 27
(2) Rough Inspection Page 27
(3) Final Inspection Page 28
(4) Inspection After Fire Page 29
(5) Work Left Open Page 29
(6) Inspector's Removal Request Page 29
(7) Interference Page 29
(8) Periodic General Inspection Page 30
(9) Electrical Service Connection Page 30
(10) Service of Notice Page 30
SUBSECTION G STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS..Pages 31 - 38
(1) Materials, Equipment, Etc.
Safety Standards Page 31
(2) Meter and Meter Loops Page 31
(3) Identification Marks Required
On Materials, Equipment, Etc. Page 32
(4) Installations Creating
Hazards to Fire Protection
& Prevention Page 32
(5) Special Electrical Circuit
Rules Page 32
(6) Construction, Rodent Proof Page 34
(7) Commercial Buildings Page 34
(8) Dwelling Circuits Page 35
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SUBSECTION G CONTINUED
(9) Special Safety Measures
(10) Use of Unapproved Applicance
Prohibited
(11) Approval Given
(12) Special Approval
Page 36
Page 37
Page 37
Page 38
SUBSECTION H PENALTIES Page 38 - 39
(1) Penalty for Violation of
Electrical Code
(2) Violation
(3) Conviction
(4) Injunction
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